AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Labubu AI shopping shelf share

🧸 Toys · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#27

Toys · US

#30 #27

Shelf-share

0.5%

of US answers

0.1% 0.5%

Sentiment

0%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the toys shelf

1 LEGO
16.6%
2 Magna-Tiles
15.3%
3 POP MART
8.4%
4 PicassoTiles
3.8%
5 Tonies
3.2%
6 Yoto
3.0%
⋯
27 Labubu
0.5%

The shoppers Labubu wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Labubu ranks best.

Where Labubu wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

—

not surfaced

Research

#7

2.5%

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#75

0.1%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.7%
Google AI Mode
0.3%

What AI says about Labubu

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

0% positive · 14% negative

Price framing

framed premium

50% mid, 50% premium

“ResearchGate +1 Fad Volatility:** Secondary market prices for viral lines (like certain Pop Mart or Labubu series) can spike massively within 48 hours of launch, but hype cycles are notoriously volatile.”

Google AI Mode

“For example, current marketplace data shows some Labubu pieces selling for around retail or below, while rare pieces can command substantial premiums.”

ChatGPT

“One Labubu figure tracked by StockX has a 12-month sales range of roughly $120–$428, with a recent 3-month average around $216—but that's a particular desirable figure, not what a random blind box is worth.”

ChatGPT

“Current guides put some Labubu secrets around 1-in-72 or rarer, depending on series.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Labubu items the engines put in front of US shoppers.

  • The Monsters Big Into Energy 0.0%
  • x One Piece Blind Box 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Labubu.

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Labubu, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Labubu.